Upside Down
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Somewhere deep inside, we know that Jesus wants to turn our lives upside down. And maybe not every aspect of our life, but certainly at least one or two aspects of our life. Truth is, Jesus wants to turn your marriage upside down. He wants to turn your parenting upside down. He wants to turn your family upside down. He wants to turn your work upside down. He wants to turn your career or your business upside down. He wants to turn your parish and your school upside down. He wants to turn your personal finances upside down. He wants to turn your health and well-being upside down. He wants to turn your ideas and opinions upside down. Jesus wants to turn your life upside down. If you let Him, you'll be happier than you ever thought possible in this lifetime. If you let Him. But that's the great challenge, is to allow Jesus into our lives. And I think sometimes we keep Jesus at arm's length because we don't want Him to get too close because we know he wants to transform us and transform our lives.
The truth is, that's a scary reality. I think that frightens us sometimes. And that's okay and it's important that we acknowledge that so that we can get beyond it. The truth is, we're all the rich young man. Our wealth might not be worldly wealth, but we're all the rich young man in something, in some way. We all have riches and so we can identify with this young man. There's a number of things-- I think we've heard the story a thousand times, but there's a number of things about the rich young man that really strike me. One is that he proactively sought Jesus out. Jesus didn't come looking for him. The rich young man proactively sought Jesus out, which suggests to us that he wanted to be a good person. He wanted to strive, spiritually. He wanted to grow in his faith and he proactively sought Jesus out. I think the question that raises for us is, are we proactively seeking Jesus in our lives or are we just stumbling upon Jesus at different moments and different experiences of our lives?
Transcript (Español)
En nuestro interior sabemos que Jesús quiere darle un giro completo a nuestra vida. Y quizá no a todos los aspectos de nuestra vida, pero ciertamente a uno o dos de ellos. La verdad es que Jesús quiere darle un giro a tu matrimonio, a la forma en que estás criando a tus hijos, a tu vida de familia, a tu trabajo, a tu carrera y a tus negocios. Quiere darle un giro a tus finanzas; a tu bienestar y a tu salud. Quiere darle un giro a tus opiniones e ideas. Jesús quiere darle un giro a tu vida, si se lo permites. Pero ese es el gran desafío, dejar que Jesús entre a nuestra vida. Y creo que a veces mantenemos alejado a Jesús, como tomando distancia, porque no queremos que se acerque mucho, ya que sabemos que quiere transformarnos y transformar nuestra vida.
La verdad es que eso es una realidad aterradora. Creo que ocasionalmente eso nos atemoriza y es normal, pero es importante reconocer que podemos superarlo. La verdad es que todos nosotros somos el joven rico. Puede ser que nuestra riqueza no sea material, pero todos somos el joven rico en algo, en cierto sentido. Todos tenemos riquezas y por eso podemos identificarnos con él. Hay una serie de cosas –y creo que todos hemos escuchado la historia mil veces– pero hay varias cosas sobre el joven rico que en realidad me impresionan. Una de las cosas es que fue proactivo, tuvo la iniciativa de buscar a Jesús. Jesús no andaba buscándolo. La acción salió de él, lo que sugiere que quería ser una buena persona. Creo que la pregunta que se nos plantea es, ¿estamos buscando proactivamente a Jesús o simplemente nos topamos con Él en diferentes momentos y experiencias de la vida?
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Today’s reflection content is taken from Chapter 23 of Matthew Kelly’s book: Rediscover Jesus